Description : Colonial Kitchen Restaurant, Newark, California Likely taken in the 1960s, based on the fact that C.K. opened in 1955 (when the Lewis Shopping Center opened), and the sign is advertising gin and vodka, two very 1960s drinks. Photographer unknown. Exact location: 36601 Newark Blvd, Unit #81 This comes from the Robert B. Fisher Collection of the Washington Township Museum of Local History Call Number : 1996.3.7.21.029
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Homes
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : 2nd Niles Grammar School, March 1890, original, vintage. Extreme left was 1st public school, moved into first congregational church in 1889. Included are: Nichols, Lamb, Hulting, Hearw?, Hudson, Ellsworth, Mayhew, Houlihan, Duarte, Gautidine, Lamb, Thane, Hudson, Morrison, Crate, Snyder, Bliss, Curtis, Harding, Domonism, Vungman, Rose, Mortimer, Tyson, Tyson, Martha D. Baker, Laura Thane, Suzie Ellsworth, Clarence Hortinstein, Mandi Hosher, Charles Maybury, Bartie Thane, Nulting,...
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (9 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Description : The Railroad Bar in Irvington was next to the railroad on the north side of Washington Boulevard for almost a century. The framed picture on the far wall has some famous boxing bouts from around 1900. Curiously, a watering can is located below a water faucet on the far right. This building is still standing in June 2005, across the street from the Irvington Hotel. Over the years there have been three Irvington Hotels at that location. 'p.51 (unreferenced book): 'JF Leal Railroad...
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Public...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Note :
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: Book: 288 of 288 (9" x 12")
Description : Black and white photo of unknown schoolhouse in Newark. Original, vintage. Call Number : 1996.3.7.21.024
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (7 x 9 in.)
Description : California Nursery Co. with Fageol truck loaded with trees in front of office. Black and white, original. See Niles, Fremont p. 70 (unreferenced book): 'An incarnation of the 1907 California Nursery office building is seen here with its rooftop sign, standing seam metal roof, skylight, and open arches. The tile roof was installed in the 1930s to match the Spanish revival theme of the Vallejo adobe guesthouse transformation and the new garden shop. The Fageol truck loaded with...
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Nurseries...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (5 x 6 1/2 in.)
Description : Newark Grammar School, 1916. The 1916 Newark Grammar School replaced the 1879 structure when the 1906 quake weakened it and senior boys were able to put their shoulders to the old building and rock it back and forth. Even the century's turn did not erase traces of pastoral life: The vertical stone columns at the left, serving as part of the school gate, were to keep cattle and pigs from straying into the school yard. Call Number : 1996.3.6.11.013
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Public...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : Alviso School, located halfway between Centerville and Alvarado. The Alviso School District was established in 1856. It was named for Don Augustin Alviso, the original Mexican grantee of the land. Early records show that there were two buildings on the grounds. One housed the first four grades and the other housed the upper grades and the library. The land for the school was donated by Manual Ferreira and John l. Beard. These buildings were replaced by a new school in 1910 and...
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : Vallejo road, car being driven by Wallace Berry of the Niles Essanay Studio. Call Number : 1996.3.6.19.022
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Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : The whole population of Washington Township in the County of Alameda have made up their minds to enjoy one of the old fashioned Independence Day celebrations on the coming Fourth of July, a grand barbecue will be one of the prominent features of the occasion. Early in the morning a special feature will begin the day's ceremonies. It has been titled 'Unfurling Old Glory to the Breeze.' One native daughter, Mrs. I. R. Straven (Julia Rix) will read the Declaration of Independence....
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : Vargas Road petroglyphs. Call Number : 1996.3.6.27.002
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (5 1/4 x 8 in.)
Description : The relocated Japanese Pavilion officer quarters are inspected by architect Julia Morgan for remodeling. The structure was purchased from the 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exhibition, barged across the bay to Patterson Landing, and transported to a site east of the Patterson house. Clara Patterson Layton intended to use the structure for her home, but she died in 1917, before the completed building plans could be put into action. The empty building was burned after news of the...
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Japanese...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : J.J. Vallejo Mill. Call Number : 1996.3.1058.C
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Flour...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : Vargas Road petroglyphs. Call Number : 1996.3.6.27.003
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (5 1/4 x 8 in.)
Note : Interviewees are recorded at extremely low level. Content ends abruptly. Description : Bruce Roeding talks about the Roeding family and the California Nursery which participated in the 1915 Panama Exposition, and the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition. The also hosted an annual bulb show on the nursery grounds. Bruce and his mother also talk about Niles during and after WWII. Call Number : 2007.39.160.44 Rights : Rights are owned by Washington Township Museum of Local...
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 1 Tape of 1: 1/8 inch audio cassette
Note : Background noise and audio levels vary in different tour settings. Description : This is a tour conducted by Dr. Robert Fisher, of first the Patterson Ranch, secondly of the Shinn property. At the beginning he is promoting the creation of a "Pioneer Village" at the ranch. This would have been when Brooks & Singer Developers still owned the house, before ranch was opened to the public, and Mission Peak Heritage was still restoring it. Call Number : 2007.39.160.12 Rights :...
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 1 Tape of 1: 1/8 inch audio cassette
Description : James and Laura Whipple (perhaps in Alaska). Call Number : 1996.3.7.29.026
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Families,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (3 x 4 in.)
Description : Misrecorded in the museum collection as: Old Saloon in Niles with big redwood posts and some Niles folks, circa 1910-12. Original, vintage. This mystery building seems not to have been in Niles at all but a product of wishful thinking. The style of rustic log pillars on a concrete base was used at the 1909 Exposition in Seattle, the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, and for college clubhouses in the West. This picture appears to be the latter, and...
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Saloons
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (10 x 9 1/2 in.)
Description : Galindo Higuera Adobe (Califorina Historical Society HABS vol.25). Black and white, copy. Call Number : 1996.3.6.13.1
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Adobes,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (12 x 10 in.)
Description : Pioneer Society of Washington, Eden and Murray Township. 1880. Dry Creek Pioneer Societies of Alameda, Murray, Eden Townships. (Copy of originial, some of which are in museum collections). Copies made in 1971. The first meeting of the pioneer society was November 29, 1876 and the last meeting was December 8, 1906 in Centerville of which Henry Dusterbery and William Barry were the surviving present. Henry Dusterberry died April 11, 1919 at age 89. The records of the Pioneers and...
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Pioneers,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Description : Centerville - July 4, 1902 - Parade - Goddess of Liberty (Katy Little) with driver (Jack Stevenson). Call Number : 1996.3.6.5.001
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Parades,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Description : A.O. Rix Home photo, prior to 1865. The 1st Postmaster of Irvington was Timothy Rix. A.O Rix was his son. 'Residence of A.O. Rix, son of Irvington's first postmaster, Timothy Ris, as it looked prior to 1865. On the upper deck is Mrs. Timothy Rix. The house stood in the rear of the present E.H. Hirsch home on Broadway.' Call Number : 1996.3.313
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Homes
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 8 Pages of 8: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Description : Homes. James Leitch 1904. Black and white, copy. Call Number : 1996.3.7.28.2
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Homes,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (9 x 11 1/2 in.)
Note :
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: Book: 240 of 240 (9" x 12.25")
Description : Postcard Mission San Jose Grammar School. Call Number : 1996.3.7.26.34
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Schools
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Description : Rankin Adobe in Niles Canyon, 1887. Call Number : 1996.3.6.12.007
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Adobes,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 1/2 x 11 in.)
Description : Abelardo Higuera Adobe, Warm Springs, Alameda County, California: HABS 1666-2 - Val 25. Call Number : 1996.3.6.13.2
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Adobes,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : Carl Rasmussen Saloon The Old Corner. In Irvington Corners : Here is one hint: Shy Irvington was first called The Corners. Photo was taken in 1882. Later village became Washington Corners, then when Reverend Joseph McCullough misaddressed a letter, the name popped up as Irvington. Call Number : 1996.3.143
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Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : California Nursery Co. Men planting, irrigating Manetti rose cuttings which were planted in double rows, 8 inches apart. This view was taken in March 1926. 2,000,000 cuttings were planted in this block, which will be used for greenhouse grafting. Black and white. Call Number : 1996.3.7.5.30
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Nurseries...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (7 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.)
Description : Fremont, CA Call Number : 2010.40.1f
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 14 Pages of 14: Photograph Album (10 x 11 1/2 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 6 Pages of 6: Newspaper (15 1/2 x 22 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Note for IA : Some images may be darker than others due to the nature of microfilm. Series Title : The Township Register Descriptive Note : Source material provided by the California Newspaper Microfilm Archive
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: Microfilm
Description : Sneden's Drug Store in IOOF Building. A traveling photoghrapher recorded the interior of Sneden's Drugstore in 1898, complete with its elegant gas lamp fixture. Niles received electrical services in 1900. Signs in the drugstore included 'toiletries, choice perfumes, for the complexion and teeth.' Sneden's was still going strong in 1914 when it was advertising a wide array of patent medicines as well as 'simple mixtures.' Call Number : 1996.3.1105
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Store...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (7 x 5 in.)
Description : Aerial - Weibel Winery. Black and white, copy. Call Number : 1996.3.6.13.55
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Aerial...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (12 x 10 in.)
Description : Abelardo Higuera Adobe, Warm Springs, Alameda County, California. Call Number : 1996.3.6.13.3
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Adobes,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : Juan Ignacio Alviso and Salvio Higuera Juan Ignacio Alviso (b. 1/26/1833), son of Jose Antonio and Yuana Ygnacio Salvio Higuera (b.1840), son of Fulgencio Higuera and married Panila Sanchez. Call Number : 1996.3.7.3.018
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Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : The Truth Seekers, Womens Group - 1900 Miranda Norris photograph of her. Truth Seekers group indicates a special event with a banner reading, 'Truth is Eternity.' This may have been a chautauqua-type society that met weekly to discuss lectures on free thought, education, feminism, and other liberal topics. In 1886, the Truth Seeker Company published The Truth Seeker Annual and Freethinkers Almanac. Call Number : 1996.3.7.24.038
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Families,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (7 x 10 in.)
Description : Rows of roses, hedge and buildings in the background, California Nursery Co., Niles. Black and white, original. See pg 80, Niles, Fremont (unreferenced book): 'This image demonstrates the same intensively managed rose-growing grounds, budded and raised as standards. Rev. Fong So Yick came to California in 1917, and by 1928 he could afford to buy the Bertolucci farm near Alameda Creek. The family memoirs note that he also did contract work for George C Roeding, Sr. at this date,...
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Nurseries...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 8 Pages of 8: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Description : Hotel owned by August Herman, Mission San Jose, Fremont, CA Call Number : 1996.3.3.31
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 148 Pages of 148: Book (12 x 5 1/2 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (15 1/2 x 22 in.)
Note for IA : Some images may be darker than others due to the nature of microfilm. Series Title : The Township Register Descriptive Note : Source material provided by the California Newspaper Microfilm Archive
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: Microfilm
Description : Fernando Higuera adobe with Mrs. J.T. Power, Mr. Thane, Mrs Whipple. Black and white, copy. Call Number : 1996.3.6.13.10
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Adobes,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (12 x 10 in.)
Note : Dropouts, break up and occasional jumpy image and flagging visible as on tape due to physical edge stretch of tape. Description : Steve Fisher narrates the history of Drawbridge and interviews the following people: Dr. Robert Fisher (historian), Ted Harpainter (Fremont City official), Brenda Catanich, Rita Lolly, Charles Luth (former residents), Walter Stieglitz (SF Bay Wildllife Refuge manager) Additional description : Note on original container: "Mission Peak Historical...
Topic: californialightandsound
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 6 Pages of 6: Newspaper (15 1/2 x 11 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 6 Pages of 6: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 8 Pages of 8: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (13 x 17 3/4 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Description : Niles Canyon Bridge 1904. Photo not original. Call Number : 1996.3.1183
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Niles...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : Fernando higuera adobe?? Black and white, copy. Call Number : 1996.3.6.13.11
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Adobes,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (12 x 10 in.)
Description : Gallegos Winery, 50 years after the 1906 earthquake. Call Number : 1996.3.538
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Public...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : St. Joseph Church. Black and white, original, 1947. Call Number : 1996.3.7.18.005
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Churches,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (3 1/2 x 6 in.)
Series Title : Washington High School Washingtonian Yearbook Description : vol 13 - Published by the senior class of Washington Union High School (Washington High School), Centerville, Fremont, California; includes photographs and local advertisements. Call Number : 2014.28.13
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 73 Pages of 73: Yearbook (8 x 11 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 8 Pages of 8: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Description : Niles, main street circa 1900 (copy). Thompson Hardware Co., automobile gasoline for sale, xx and Gomes merchandise, electric wire poles, dirt road on 1st street, children (boys) in street. Call Number : 1996.3.6.12.003
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Main...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Description : Wine press on the Stanford Ranch, Warm Springs.Black and white, copy. Call Number : 1996.3.6.13.35
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (12 x 10 in.)
Description : Washington Public School Class of 1890 Washington Public School (2nd Irvington Grammar School), the 2nd Elementary School in Irvington, built in 1875 at Lincoln and Union Street in Irvington. Call Number : 1996.3.461
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Public...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (7 x 10 in.)
Description : Fernando Higuera adobe?? (California Historical Society HABS vol.25). Black and white, copy. Call Number : 1996.3.6.13.12
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Adobes,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (12 x 10 in.)
Description : Tearing down of the old Alvarado Presbyterian Church, 1902. Call Number : 1996.3.6.4.035
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Churches
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : Looking north on Main Street, Ehrman brick building on left, Mission Hotel on right past the power pole. Call Number : 1996.3.6.19.028
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Store...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (8 x 10 in.)
Description : Postcard of unknown class at a Mission San Jose School (S/W). Original, vintage (Sunderer photo). Call Number : 1996.3.7.17.004
Topics: californiarevealed, Alameda County (Calif.)--History, California--History, Local history, Schools,...
Source: 1 Page of 1: Photograph (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 8 Pages of 8: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (15 1/2 x 11 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 8 Pages of 8: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (15 1/2 x 22 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 6 Pages of 6: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 4 Pages of 4: Newspaper (22 x 15 in.)
Series Title : The Township Register
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 16 Pages of 16: Newspaper (10.5 x 17 in.)
